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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1966
Page
7
Middleport plans a July start for a $60 000 brick welfare building at Race and N Third Ave. to house Meigs County Welfare and Aid for the Aged. Bid openings set for July 22, with 90 days for construction after award.
A Civil War era letter found in Syracuse from Camp J. C. McElroy to his wife Sally, written March 4 1863 in Murfreesboro Tennessee. He comments on family boxes, letters from John McElroy, missing glasses, syrup gifts, hopes for leave, and concerns about Captain Fenton and postal delays. He notes plans to visit home, mentions Crad and the children, and asks Sally to share General Order 19 with friends while describing camp life and personal feelings.
Ninety-six Meigs residents donated 86 pints of blood at Pomeroy Junior High School on Monday. Named gallon donors include Charles Marcinko eight gallons and Richard Gillkey two gallons. Nurses staff, medical supervisors, and 4 H Club members aided the drive with clerical workers handling logistics.
More than 500 Ohio 4 H Club members toured the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster last week. They studied turf grass insect strip mine reclamation beef cattle management veterinary and dairy science. A panel on science career opportunities included Dr. Richard H Bohning Donald Cudworth Cecil Robinson Marilyn Mason and Dan Moore.
A jury returned a verdict for defendant Hod Chaney in a land dispute with Alvin and Alice Mays over possession of nearly an acre. The trial lasted a day in Com mon Pleas Court with Judge John C. Bacon noting a Wednesday jury call was cancelled.
Rutland Methodist Church announces daily vacation Bible school with Friday sack lunch at Rutland Park, dessert and beverages provided by church, and an 8 p.m. commencement at the church. Daily collections aid Korean children. Friday's program includes an offering to cover Bible school expenses.
The Little Leading Ladies 4-H Club led a weekend camping trip at Forked Run Lake featuring a nature tour and conservation project. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sauer and Mrs. W. R. Hayes joined, with Kathy Harrison and Linda Williams giving talks on 12 tree leaves.Additional participants included Regina Harrison Sherri Kauff Mary Ruth Sauer Joy Hayes and Joy Sauer. Elaine Ramsburg and Sherri Kauff conducted cake and beverage demonstrations and Kauff led recreation.
Frieda Mossman from Minersville Radcliff Hager C J Rhodes Edward Blake from Middleport Mabel Neimeyer from Pompey Clyde Henderson from Pompey Herschel LeMaster from Shade admitted. William Gibbs Diane Brogan Marilyn Oiler dismissed.
The Pomeroy office of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation will operate only on Tuesdays from 9 am to 12 noon and 1 to 4 pm effective July 1. The office is at Pomeroy City Hall. Free clothing day Thursday runs 9:30 am to 12 noon at Salvation Army, 115 Butternut Ave. Meigs County residents may attend. Mrs. Mabel Neimeyer was admitted to Veterans Memorial Hospital after being taken by Pomeroy Emergency Squad from Zirk's Dairy Bar.
Meigs County Commissioners postponed the abandonment of Bedford Two Road 367 after a Monday hearing prompted by a complaint from Mr. and Mrs. George Carper who claimed loss of access to their property. State Highway Dept officials John Dowler Charles H. Harris and Howard S. Gifford attended. The board also hired Thelma Circle as welfare caseworker at 360 a month and raised welfare director Harrie Marie Smith’s salary to 550 monthly. A Women’s Society of Christian Service meeting at Forest Run Methodist Church featured Mrs. Don Grueser speaking on Journey Since ’64 with plans for an ice cream social and a devotional period led by Mrs. Wendel Stutler.
Sheriff reports a car driven by Larry P. Robinson 25 Elkview W Va lost control after a tire blew on Route 33. The vehicle crossed the highway tearing out 45 feet of guard railing as investigators review the incident.
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